The way the 2024 Pittsburgh Steelers season ended was disappointing, to say the least. Losers of five straight games, the final being a Wild Card loss to the rival Baltimore Ravens, many fans were able to find a silver lining in the dud of a finish.

Maybe now necessary change would happen.

What would that change be? For a growing portion of the fan base the desired change would be the dismissal of head coach Mike Tomlin. However, a hefty contract and a no-trade clause made this scenario essentially a no-go for the Steelers organization.

Okay, so Tomlin has to stay, but we’ll see other changes, right?

Well, it has been two weeks since the Steelers season officially ended, and the Steelers have done nothing. Literally nothing. At this point you would have thought the Steelers would have parted ways with at least one, or more, coaches at this juncture in the offseason. That hasn’t happened, and it has caused the fan base to grow even more disappointed, and frustrated, with the organization.

I wouldn’t be shocked if this is the week where team president Art Rooney II meets with members of the media and tries to talk his way around yet another disappointing season. He’ll be asked about coaches like Tomlin and the reason for them retaining his services. He will tout continuity and the importance of keeping the status quo.

All of this will fall on deaf ears for a fan base who, at this stage, has lowered their own personal “standard” to just winning a postseason game. No honest Steelers fan can say they deem every year “Super Bowl or Bust” anymore. There are steps to this equation, and the team hasn’t been able to get through Step 1 of the process since 2016.

Assuming the Steelers plan is to just run it back with the current coaching staff, the change fans seek won’t be coming until the start of the new league year in March. With the Steelers possessing over $50 million dollars in salary cap space, with the ability to create another $30 million by making just a few roster moves, the team will have to be aggressive in their approach to acquiring players. No longer just waiting for the first wave of free agency to die down to try and get players who fit their scheme, and their price point, but getting players who have a proven acumen and can help immediately.

But that’s so far off fans’ radar right now, the fan base is beyond frustrated and disappointed with how things have gone so far this offseason. When the thought of a sub-par season, even one with 10 wins, comes about, the thought of potential change coming from it makes things easier to stomach. When that change doesn’t come, it sends fans into a downward spiral of despair. No longer with much hope of a different result from the same old, same old.

Could things change dramatically this week, even tomorrow? Absolutely. The Steelers could part ways with a coordinator, among other coaches, but the timeline would be extremely odd. As other teams with openings for coordinators are filling those vacancies, the Steelers would seemingly be on the outside-looking-in when it comes to potential candidates. But, then again, an in-house hire wouldn’t just be par for the course, but would send the fan base into a tizzy.

The Steelers offseason, which we thought would be tumultuous, has been anything but tumultuous. Instead, it’s been just another standard offseason for the black-and-gold, and it’s the reason the fan base is restless and downright disgusted with the current state of the team.